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Strong earthquake kills at least 9 in Taiwan, sparks tsunami fears

At least nine people have been killed and 77 people trapped across Taiwan after a powerful earthquake struck the island's eastern coast, CNN reported, citing the National Fire Agency. IMAGE:......

'Matured boy' GSLV places gen-next INSAT-3DS weather satellite into orbit

Moving ahead on its mission to study the Earth and ocean surfaces, Indian Space Research Orgainsation on Saturday successfully launched its next generation weather observation satellite INSAT-3DS......

Magnitude 7.4 quake in Philippines triggers tsunami warning

An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 on the Richter scale jolted Mindanao, The Philippines on Saturday, reported the National Centre for Seismology. IMAGE: A beach in The Philippines. Image used......

False tsunami alert triggers panic at Porvorim in Goa

A siren giving a warning about tsunami erroneously started playing from the Early Warning Dissemination System at Porvorim near Panaji, triggering panic among the local residents, an official said......

'Without Himalayas, there won't be Ganga, Indus, Brahmaputra'

'The Himalayas are the Creator of Life.' IMAGE: A view of a house which was severely damaged due to land subsidence in Joshimath. Photograph: Ayush Sharma/ANI Photo A framed photograph of the......

Mahindra's ambitious plan to become future-ready

IMAGE: Mahindra & Mahindrda chairman Anand Mahindra. Photograph: Courtesy, via Twitter. E-mobility is only one among the several fronts on which Mahindra is waging a battle of aspirations, to......

Planning in India? It needs a thorough change

In the US, both Clinton and Bush administrations believed that market discipline was superior to regulatory oversight in achieving an appropriate balance between innovation and safety, writes Suman......

TCS' tsunami warning system wins award

Tata Consultancy Services said on Friday its Tsunami Early Warning System, developed for the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, has won the Platinum Icon Award for innovative......

Steel amid adversity: Tata after Mumbai

Ratan Tata was at home in south Mumbai late on November 26 when the call came. On the line was a frantic R K Krishna Kumar, head of the Tata group unit that owns the city's luxury Taj Mahal Palace......

Global oil shortage looms large

A multitude of world issues are converging and manifest themselves around future fossil fuel, energy resources, carbon dioxide, oxygen depletion, including water and mineral depletion. All combined......

How Tokyo is preparing for 2020 Olympics

Tokyo 2020 organisers hold earthquake drill at Olympics venue IMAGE: A disaster drill is held at Ariake Gymnastics Centre, a venue of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, in......

Galle cricket stadium to be rebuilt

Cricket officials in Sri Lanka have confirmed that the Galle International Stadium will be rebuilt after it was destroyed by last December's tsunami.The affirmation ended fears that one of the......

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